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Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Romney Robinson, dated at [Collingwood]

Reference number: HS/14/378

Date: 11 May 1850

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Draft letter. Discusses the possibility of a large reflecting telescope being constructed for observation of the southern heavens.

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HS/14/378
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11 May 1850
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Thomas Romney Robinson, dated at [Collingwood], 11 May 1850, HS/14/378, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_14_378/draft-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-thomas-romney-robinson-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 08 May 2026

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